Folding camp-stove.



H. D. DAVISON.

FOLDING CAMP STOVE.

APPLlcATloN FILED sEPT.28.1914.

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HARRY DON DAVISON, OF STEVENSON, WASHINGTON.

FOLDING CAMP-STOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

Application filed September 28, 1914. Serial No. 863,925.

To all 'w 710m t may concern Be it known that I, HARRY D. DAvIsoN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Stevenson, in the county ofSkamania, State of lVashington, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Folding Camp- Stoves; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to stoves, particularly to cooking stoves forcamp use, and has for its object the provision of a stove for camp usewhich may be taken apart for convenience in transportation and whichconsists of a frame work disposable over an open fire for supporting thearticles to be cooked.

An important object is the provision of a device of this character provided with means for preventing swinging of the food supporting grid,the said means being shiftable to hold the grid in an inclined position.

A further object is the provision of a device of this character which isformed of a minimum number of parts, which is therefore extremely simpleand inexpensive, easy to set up and take down and a general improvementof the art.

IVith these and other objects and advantages in4 view, the inventionconsists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my device, Fig. 2 is a top plan View,Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view, and Fig. 4 is a side elevation showingthe grid in an inclined position.

Referring more particularly to the drawing the numeral designates oneupright post and the numeral G designates another upright post whichform the supporting portion of my device. IThese posts are formedpreferably of iron in the form of rods or tubes and are pointed at theirlower ends, as shown at 7, to facilitate their insertion into theground. Secured upon the `upper portion of the post 5 and the post 6 arehooks 8 secured thereon in any suitable manner, and disposed below thehooks 8 are eyes or loops 9 secured thereon in any suitable manner. Thepost 6 is further provided with a second eye or loop 10 disposed betweenthe hook 8 and the eye 9, for a purpose to be described. A

The grid portion of my device is formed rectangular in shape andcomprises a plurality of wires 11 which are connected at their ends bytransverse wires 12 which are provided upon their ends with loops 13.The wires 11 are secured to the wires 12 in any suitable manner, thoughthe connection may be that shown in the drawing.

In order that the grid portion may be supported from the upright posts,I provide hangers 14 which may be formed of a single length of wire bentand twisted intermediate its ends to form a loop 15 and provided uponits ends with hooks 1G.

The device is assembled by placing the upright posts 5 and 6 in theground a suitable distance apart with the hooks 8 facing each other,engaging the hooks 16 within' loops 17 in the cross bars 12 and thenengaging the loops 15 upon the hooks 8. The grid will then be disposedbetween the uprights, as shown in the drawing. Swinging of the grid isprevented by means of links 18 provided upon their ends with hooks 19and 2O engageable within one of the loops 13 on each cross bar 12 andwithin the adjacent eye 9 on the post. The grid will thus be heldstationary and secure and is consequently adapted to support articles tobe heated or food to be cooked over an open fire built below the gridand between the posts.

In some instances it may be desired to hold the grid in an inclinedposition, in which event one of the links 1S would be disengaged fromthe eye 9 and engaged within the eye 10, as shown in Fig. 4. In case itis impossible to have both of the uprights in a vertical position, owingto rocks and the like, the grid may be held in a hori- Zontal positionby engaging the link 18 in the eye 10, proper adjustment being of coursemade.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawing it will beapparent that I have thus provided a simple, novel, and inexpensive campstove formed of a minimum number of parts which may be carried in anextremely small space and with a great degree of convenience, which maybe quickly and easily set up for use and which is adjustable to permitof a horizontal or inclined position of the grid.

It will be readily understood that I reserve the right to make variouschanges in the form, construction and arrangement of parts withoutdeparting from the spirit o the invention or limiting the scope of thesubjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

In a camp stove, apair of stakes adapted to be driven into the ground inspaced relation, each of said posts having an upwardly turned hookadjacent its top, one of the posts having a plurality of eyes arrangedin vertically spaced relation below the top hook, a` grid, invertedVV-shaped hangers having loops at their apices engageable with Copies ofthis patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of =Pa`tents,

vided Wth a hook engageable with the eyesselectively.

In testimony whereof, I aliix my signa-- ture, in the presence of twoWitnesses.

HARRY DON DAVISON. lvitnesses:

J.' GRAVES, Guns. I-I. NnLLon.

Washington, D. C.

